Transplanting-dibble.



A. M. NICOSIA.

TRANSPLANTING DIBBLEL APPLICATION'HLED uc.29.191s.

99,568. Patented Oct. 24, 1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application fiTedD'ecember 29, I915. SerialNo: 69,280.

T 0 allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY M. NroosrA, a citizen of the United States, residing at town of Perinton, in the county of Monroe, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Transplanting-Dibbles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in transplanting tools, and particularly to dibbles.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple and novel device of this character whereby the person who carries and deposits the plants at the points where they are to be transplanted can at the same time form the hole in the ground in which the plant can be placed by the person following.

Another object is to provide a simple and novel device of this character which can readily be attached to or detached from the ordinary shoe sole, and which is adjustable to shoes of various sizes.

Another object is to provide a device of this character in which the clamping mechanism is efl'ectively protected and yet easily accessible for adjustment and for application and removal in connection with the shoe, the device being so constructed that the shoe will be supported above and out of contact with said mechanism.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of my dibble attached to a shoe; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, removed from the shoe; and Fig. 8 is'a bottom plan view, applied to the shoe.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents a plate of metal of suitable size and thickness which is arranged to be placed beneath the sole of the shoe 11. The longer sides of the plate have the upturned flanges 12 each provided with a pair of longitudinally extending slots 13. The plate is of such width that the flanges 12 are disposed inwardly of the edges of the shoe sole, thus permitting the sole to be supported above the clamping mechanism which will be described later.

Disposed above the plate 10" are the pairs of curved arms 14 and 14, their ends ex tending through the before-mentioned slots 13 and turned upwardly as at 15. The arms are pivotally connected in pairs as at 16 and 16 and are formed with the curved slots 17 through which are disposed the pins 18 carried by the plate. Mounted on the pivotal connection of the arms 14 is a block 19 in which is rotatably mounted one end of a screw bolt 20. Movably mounted on the pivotal connection of the arms 14 is the angle portion of a lever 21 which extends through an opening 22 in one of the flanges 12 of the plate. Pivotally mounted on the shorter arm of the lever 21 is a block 23, through which is slidably engaged the outer end of the before-mentioned bolt 20 and on the bolt, outwardly of the block is engaged a winged nut 24. By swinging the lever to one end of the opening 22 the arms 14 and 14 will be moved so as to separate their upturned portions 15 to greater distances to readily permit of their engagement with the edges of the sole of the shoe. Then upon swinging the lever to the other end of the opening, the shorter arm of the lever will move the block 23 to the other side of the pivot of the arms 14 and thus draw inwardly on the arms and bring their outer ends into firm clamping engagement with the edge of the shoe sole. Secured t0 the bottom of the plate in the approximate center thereof is a depending sharpened spike 25 which is adapted to be driven into the ground to form the hole into which the plant is to be placed.

In the use of the device, the same being properly secured to the sole of the shoe, the wearer takes an armful of plants and walks in a straight line across a field, the spike 25 being pressed into the ground by the weight of the wearer. By moving the foot back and forth after the spike is in the ground, the hole can be made of any desired size, the soil being properly packed around the edge of the hole.

What is claimed is:

1. A dibble for attachment to the sole of a shoe comprising a plate, sole engaging clamps adjustably mounted on the plate, and a hole forming spike secured to the bottom of the plate and arranged to be driven into the ground by the weight of the wearer.

2. A dibble comprising a plate having angularly extending flanges on the opposite edges thereof for supporting engagement clamps, and extending through the said last- With the bottom of the shoe sole, said named opening. 13 flanges being formed With openings, pivot- In testimony whereof, I afiix my signaally connected pairs of sole engaging clamps ture, in the presence of two Witnesses.

I slidable through the openings, one of said ANTHONY M. NICOSIA.

flanges having a second opening intermedi- Witnesses: ate the first-named openings, and an ad- E. J. FIsK, justable clamping lever connected to the R. J. LEE.

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